I Will Be Attending the Resistance Exercise Conference in Minneapolis I am very excited to be attending the Resistance Exercise Conference 2018 in Minneapolis, put on by my friend Luke Carlson. I look forward to the conference every year, as I have been attending since its inception in 2011, and I was asked to be…
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Unmotivated? Accountability Beats it the Winter Months – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 13) I’ll be honest with you. In the winter months, I’m very much like a squirrel. I don’t actually hibernate, but I get very lazy and unmotivated and just hang out in my nest in a pile of debris for most…
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Lung Cancer Doesn’t Stop Her From Dancing at Her Daughter’s Wedding – Client Spotlight, Nikki Keach At Vertex Fitness, we help people get back on their feet and bounce back from difficult health issues feeling stronger and more like themselves. Today’s spotlight, struggled with lung cancer and knee surgery before coming to Vertex Fitness to…
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February is National Heart Health Month February is national heart health month, so we’re going to be taking a look at what strength training can do for your heart health. You may have assumed, like many others, that the purpose of strength training is strictly to increase your muscle strength, and that it doesn’t offer…
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Getting Stronger, Am I Really? – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 12) Getting stronger is, in truth, only part of my goal for performing strength training at Vertex Fitness every week. Getting stronger is the reason for the exercises we perform, but I actually sought out strength training for the host of side benefits…
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Can Cervical and Lumbar Exercise Make Your Spine Stronger? As we discussed in our recent post, Vertex Fitness is very excited to be offering some new equipment and programming. The MedX line is available at only a few physical training facilities throughout the world, and we’re proud to be one of those few. The incoming top-of-the-line…
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Momentary Muscular Failure, Why Aim To Work to Failure? If you’ve been working with us at Vertex Fitness for any length of time, by now you are well familiar with the feeling of momentary muscular failure. It’s what we aim for with every set. It’s the step we need to reach before you finally hear,…
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What are the Optimal Reps in a Set? Recently, our contributing writer wrote a diary post in amazement at the fact that under the HIT method of strength training, which we practice here at Vertex Fitness, the ideal set length is a maximum 70 seconds long, with optimal reps between 8-12. We’re going to look…
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January is Thyroid Disease Awareness Month Let’s take a quick break from talking about your New Year’s fitness resolutions to talk about something you should be aware of if you are struggling to manage your weight: thyroid disease. What is your Thyroid? Your thyroid is a gland shaped like a butterfly that wraps around your…
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Year End Reflection – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 11) This is my eleventh Vertex Fitness diary post, which means I’ve been writing these for just about a year now. This Christmas, while I was spending time with my family, I found myself reflecting on how far I had come in the past…
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